Sharing Spaces with Robots An Integrated Environment for Human-Robot Interaction

In this paper we offer an intelligent integrated environment for human-robot interaction. This environment takes advantage of the fact that robots are both digital and physical entities, thus improving human-robot interaction and communication. Using mixed reality, our approach brings digital information directly into the physical environment, allowing users to interact with robots’ ideas and thoughts directly within the shared physical interaction space. We also present a taxonomy which we use to organise and classify the various interaction techniques that this environment offers. Using this taxonomy, we demonstrate by detailing three interaction techniques, thought crumbs, decorations and bubblegrams. To evaluate these techniques, we offer the design of a realisable prototype.